WEBVTT KILLED --IS THAT WHAT WE ARE HEARINGRIGHT NOW?WE CAN LISTEN IN FOR JUST AMOMENT.>> UNPROVOKED ATTACKS, AND WEARE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHO THEINDIVIDUALS ARE AT THIS TIME.IT IS NOT ANY EMPLOYEES OFCATHOLIC CHARITIES BUT ITAPPEARS TO BE TWO OF THEINDIVIDUAL'S WORK LINES CATHOLICCHARITIES AND HAD JUST LEFT THELOCATION AND AGAIN, INDIVIDUALTHAT WAS IN A PG&E CORP. TRACKCOME WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH HIMTO FIND IF THAT IS AN EMPLOYEEOR SOME OTHER INDIVIDUAL IN THETRUCK WITH HIM.>> [INDISCERNIBLE]>> IN TERMS OF ON HIS PERSON?HE WAS SHOT ON THE 300 BLOCK OFNORTH FAN S, WHICH IS WHERE THEINITIAL GUNSHOT DETECTIONACTIVATION OCCURRED.HE WAS SEATED, BASED ON WHAT WEKNOW, ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OFTHE VEHICLE.AND WHEN CORY MONTEITH WALKED UPAND BEGAN TO FIRE INTO THE TRUCK-- THE DRIVER IN THE VEHICLESPED AWAY QUICKLY ANDTRANSPORTED HIM TO HEADQUARTERS.HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BYAMBULANCE.UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS PRONOUNCEDDECEASED.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PG&E CWORKER WAS DOING PRIOR TO THESHOOTING OCCURRING.HE WAS ON THE OTHER HUNDREDBLOCK -- THE 300 BLOCK.>> DO WE KNOW IF THE MAN WAS ONTHE FBI WATCH LIST?>> I DO NOT KNOW WHATINFORMATION THE FBI HAD ON HISINDIVIDUAL IN THE PAST.WE WERE WELL AWARE OF THEM INTERMS OF BEING WANTED FOR AMURDER, ATTENDED MURDER LASTTHURSDAY EVENING, AND HAVE BEENLOOKING FOR HIM ROUND-THE-CLOCK.>> WHEN DID YOU IDENTIFY HIM ASTHE SUSPECT IN THE THURSDAY -- >> CORI MOHAMMED WAS IDENTIFIEDWITHIN A FEW HOURS OF THESHOOTING THAT OCCURRED THURSDAYNIGHT.WE HAD VERY GOOD VIDEO AT THEMOTEL 6 THAT CLEARLY SHOWED THATONLY THE SHOOTING BUT ALSO GAVEA VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF HIS FACE.IT WAS THROUGH THATINVESTIGATION THAT WE IDENTIFIEDHIM THAT NIGHT.>> [INDISCERNIBLE]>> WE WERE EXHAUSTING FOLLOW UPLEADS WE HAD.WE HAD SOME SIGHTINGS.ONE OF THEM WAS IN MADERA.WE LOOKED AT THAT LOCATION.WE PUT OUT AN ALERT TO EVERY ONEOF OUR OFFICERS AND LAWENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUTFRESNO TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FORHIM THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACTWITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN TRYING TOLOCATE HIM, AND AT ONE POINT HEPOSTED ON HIS FACEBOOK THAT HEWAS ACTUALLY IN ATLANTA.WE FOUND THAT OUT TO NOT BETRUE.>> DID NOT FEATURE.DO YOU KNOW IF HE HAD FAMILYMEMBERS IN THE AREA?>> BASED ON INFORMATION WE HAVEHE HAS BEEN STAYING OUT ON THESTREETS.WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS STAYINGWITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS BUT MOSTPEOPLE DISASSOCIATED THEMSELVESWITH HIM.HE IS 39 YEARS OF AGE.AGAIN, HE HAS SOME CRIMINALHISTORY -- WEAPONS VIOLATIONS,DRUGS, FOLSOM PRISON MEANT,SEPTEMBER -- FALSE IMPRISONMENT,TERRORIST THREATS.ALTHOUGH HE HAS ASSOCIATED WITHGANGS AND WE DON'T HAVE TONECESSARILY VALIDATED AS A GANGMEMBER.>> AND IT ABOUT HIS FACEBOOKPOST OR SHOWS -- ANYTHING THATSHOWS AFFILIATION WITH ISIS?>> IT IS TOO EARLY ON AND IDON'T WANT IN YOUR PERMANENTINVESTIGATION THE FBI MAY HAVEBEEN I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUTANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVESEEN ON THE FACEBOOK POST BUTDON'T KNOW IF HE WAS ON ANY TYPEOF WATCH LIST.WHAT WE DO KNOW IS HE WAS A VERYVIOLENT INDIVIDUAL IN OUR CITYAND HE HAS COMMITTED 4 MURDERSAND 2 ATTEMPTED MURDERS.>> DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE HAS HISCRIMINAL HISTORY?I LOOKED IT UP THIS MORNING ANDFOUND NONE.>> WE CAN SHOW YOU THAT LATER.I'M NOT CERTAIN WHETHER CRIMINALHISTORY IS.I KNOW VS IS CRIMINAL HISTORY,THOUGH.>> DO YOU KNOW IF YOU GREW UP INFRESNO -- IF YOU GREW UP INFRESNO?>> HE HAS BEEN IN THE FRESNOAREA FOR YEARS.I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE GREW UP.>> FOR THE VICTIMS ALL WHITE -->> ALL THE VICTIMS TODAY WEREWHITE MALES.WE DON'T HAVE THEM IDENTIFIEDYET.THE INDIVIDUAL, THE SECURITYGUARD SHOT THE OTHER DAY, ISALSO A WHITE MALE.>> CHIEF, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THESTREETS ARE GOING TO BE CLOSEDFOR HOW LONG?>> I WOULD ANTICIPATE FULL THESTREET AND VAN NEST STREET,BETWEEN THESE LOCATIONS, CLOSEDFOR THE BETTER PART OF A DAY.WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOWCASINGOUTSTANDING.WE ALSO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUALSTILL IN THE AREA THAT ISDECEASED.WE WILL HAVE THE CORONER'SOFFICE COME OUT BUT THEY WILL BEPROCESSING THIS AREA FOREVIDENCE AND WE WILL HAVEDISCLOSED DOWN FOR SEVERALHOURS.REPORTER: HOW IMPORTANT --[INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: VERY SIMPLY PUT, IFWE DO NOT HAVE THE SHOT SPOTTERACTIVATION ALERTS FROM OUROFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVERESPONDED TO THE AREA AS QUICKLYAS THEY DID IT SINCE THEINDIVIDUAL WAS RUNNING FROM THELAST SHOOTING INCIDENT, THERE ISA GOOD CHANCE THEY WOULD HAVEESCAPED THE AREA PRIOR TO USARRIVING.FORTUNATELY WE WERE HERE IN LESSTHAN A MINUTE.REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: PARDON?REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: WE DO NOT KNOW.THERE WILL BE A DETAILED ANDTHOROUGH A NEW GROUP -- THOROUGHINTERVIEW, TRYING TO DETERMINEWHY HE DID WHAT HE DID.REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: NO INDICATION THATHE ARRIVED IN A VEHICLE OR WASON A BICYCLE.BASED ON EVERYTHING WE KNOW HEWAS ON FOOT.THAT MAY BE PROVEN TO BEDIFFERENT LATELATER.REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: NOT ACCURATE BECAUSEWE HAVE BEEN IN CUSTODY ANDTHERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIMEFOR THAT TO OCCUR.ALL 2 OF THE SHOOTING -- ALL 4OF THE SHOOTING INCIDENTS, ALLOF THOSE OCCURRED WITHIN ONEMINUTE.HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODYSHORTLY AFTER THAT BY OFFICERS.HE WAS NOT INJURED.HE WAS APPREHENDED RIGHT HEREBEHIND.HE WAS RUNNING SOUTHBOUND FROMTHE LAST SHOOTING THAT OCCURREDAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES.WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE FIREARMIS.YOU COULD HAVE LOST IT JUSTBEFORE WE MADE CONTACT -- HECOULD HAVE TRUSTED JUST BEFOREWE MAKE CONTACT.WE HAVE THE AREA SECURE AND WEARE LOOKING AND HOPEFULLY NO ONEFINDS THE WEAPON.IF THEY DO, PLEASE CONTACT US.REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: I CAN TELL YOU THATTHE ROUNDS HE HAD ON HIM OR.357CALIBER, THE ONES USED AT THEMOTEL WERE .357S.REPORTER: THE PROXIMITY OF THEINCIDENTS?CHIEF DYER: THEY WERE WITHIN ONEBLOCK.FULTON AND VAN NESS ARE ONEBLOCK FROM EACH OTHER, AND NOTRAITOR IS THE STREET HETRAVELED AFTER HE LEFT OF THEVENICE AREA.REPORTER: DID HE HAVE -- [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: HE HAD NOT ONLY .357-CALIBER ROUNDS, BUT HE HADSPEED LOADER REVOLVERS.REPORTER: [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: I DO NOT KNOW THAT.REPORTER: YOU SAID HE MADE ASTATEMENT AFTER ARRESTED.DARREN: HE MADE COMMENTS -- CHIEF DYER: HE MAY, BUT WE WILLHOLD OFF ON RELEASING WHAT THOSESTATEMENTS ARE AT THIS TIME.UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THREEPEOPLE WHO ARE DECEASED AND OURINVESTIGATORS HAVE A LOT OF WORKTO DO TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENEDTODAY, THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO ALL OFTHE FAMILIES HAVE LOST THEIRLOVED ONES.REPORTER: IS THERE A POSSIBILITY-- [INDISCERNIBLE]CHIEF DYER: WE ARE NOT AWARE OFANY OTHER HOMICIDE CASES THATARE SIMILAR TO THIS, BUT OURFOLKS WILL GO BACK AND LOOK TOSEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOUMIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITHESPECIALLY SINCE THURSDAYEVENING GOOD I'M SURE WE WILL BEBRIEFING THE MEDIA AT A LATERTIME ONCE WE GET MORE DETAILS,OR IF WE NEED TO MODIFY ANY OFTHE STATEMENTS, BUT AT THIS TIME

Authorities say the man suspected of killing three white men in a racially charged attack in Fresno laughed multiple times as he recounted the rampage to detectives.

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer told reporters Wednesday that Kori Ali Muhammad spoke about the killings in a callous way as he went with officers to the Motel 6 where he is accused of killing a security guard, and back to the scene of Tuesday's three killings.

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Dyer says Muhammad told police that he gave himself up because he respects Fresno officers, didn't want them to shoot him and is not a "coward."

The police chief says Muhammad hasn't shown any remorse other than saying sorry to Dyer during his arrest.

The shooting was based on hate, Dyer said in a news conference Tuesday evening.

“This is not a terrorist-related crime," he said. "This is solely based on race.”All the victims were white men, police said.

WHAT HAPPENED:

Officers were first alerted to the gunfire around 10:45 a.m. by ShotSpotter technology. Within a minute, shots were heard in four different locations, including on North Van Ness and outside a Catholic Charities building near Davisadero and Fulton streets, officers said.

In between the shootings, Muhammad, who was armed with a revolver, dropped the shell casings, used a speed loader and reloaded his ammunition before going on to shoot and kill a white man in the parking lot of Catholic Charities, Dyer said.

"This was a random act of violence," Dyer said. "These were unprovoked attacks by an individual who was intent on carrying out homicides today."

While officers responded to the scene of the first shooting, ShotSpotter alerted police to the second shooting, and then the third -- and then the fourth.

Muhammad was on foot as he went from one scene to the other, police said.

When officers got to that fourth scene, they found Muhammad, Dyer said. He immediately stopped and dropped to the ground.

“I did it, I shot them,” Muhammad told officers, according to Dyer.

Dyer said when he got to the scene, Muhammad said to him, “I’m sorry, chief.”

“It speaks to his mental state and was alert and aware of what he did,” Dyer said about Muhammad’s apparent apology.

During the interrogation, Dyer said Muhammad’s statements were, “very, very coherent.”

The weapon used in the shooting spree hasn't been found. Police are searching for the revolver he said he tossed into a pile of clothing. The gun may have been picked up by someone else, Dyer said.

THE VICTIMS:

Three people were killed during the shooting spree carried out by Muhammad, police said.

Dyer said Muhammad walked up to a utility truck and shot a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. employee sitting in the passenger seat. The driver of the truck, who is Latino, sped off to the police department for help. The passenger was then taken to a hospital where he died.

The 34-year-old man worked in the customer service department of PG&E. Part if his training required him to go out in the field with a utility employee.

“He was at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and he was killed,” Dyer said.

Muhammad then shot at another person and missed. He aimed at a third, killing the 37-year-old on the sidewalk as he walked with a bag of groceries in a neighborhood lined with tall trees, police said.

The final victim, 58, was gunned down in the parking lot of Catholic Charities.

Dyer said Muhammad approached a vehicle in between shootings, but he spared the lives of two women who were in the car with a child. The women were Latina, he said.

"These individuals who were chosen today did not do anything to deserve what they got," Dyer said earlier Tuesday. "These were unprovoked attacks by an individual that was intent on carrying out homicides today. He did that."

THE SUSPECT’S PAST:

Police had put out a news release hours before the shootings Tuesday, saying that Muhammad was armed and dangerous and wanted in the shooting death of a security guard at a Motel 6 last week. The guard, 25-year-old Carl Williams, was white.

Muhammad told officers at his arrest that he was the guy they were looking for, Dyer said.

Dyer said Muhammad has a criminal history, including weapons violations, drug charges, false imprisonment and making terrorist threats.

Muhammad was on federal probation until 2016 and was not on law enforcement’s radar for 7 months.

Muhammad was charged in 2005 with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, court records show. Federal prosecutors said at the time that he was also in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and two rifles after being convicted of a felony.

He claimed insanity, and his attorney requested a psychiatric examination for his client, saying Muhammad "appeared eccentric with some bizarre beliefs."

A psychiatrist who examined Muhammad believed he had psychosis, Muhammad's attorney said in the court filing.

He also "suffered auditory hallucinations and had at least two prior mental health hospitalizations," according to court documents. His attorney said that Muhammad had "paranoia" and thought the justice system and his defense attorney were conspiring against him, court papers said.

The attorney who represented Muhammad in that case did not return a call for comment Tuesday.

Public records list Muhammad as Cory Taylor and other aliases with addresses in Fresno and Sacramento. A woman who identified herself as Taylor's grandmother said Tuesday that the family last saw him on Easter Sunday. She hung up the phone before giving her name.

In Sacramento County, Muhammad was convicted on fraud charges in 1998 and 2002, according to court records. He was also convicted of DUI in 2001.

On social media, Muhammad consistently posted racially charged videos and phrases, the Associated Press reported. On what appeared to be his Facebook page, Muhammad repeatedly posted "#LetBlackPeopleGo" and encouraged "black warriors" to "mount up."

In a post Monday Muhammad said, "My kill rate increases tremendously on the other side." He also posted about "white devils."

He linked almost daily to YouTube videos and an iTunes album titled "True Story Kori," the AP reported. He appears on the cover of the album.

Muhammad was believed to be homeless, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.